MLB 2006

MLB 2006 is a baseball video game developed by 989 Sports and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 on March 8, 2005. A PlayStation Portable version, simply titled MLB, was released in April 2005. Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was featured on the cover.

MLB 2006
Developer(s)	989 Sports
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Series	MLB
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: March 8, 2005[1] PlayStation Portable NA: April 14, 2005[2]
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

The game was preceded by MLB 2005 and was the last game in the 989 MLB series before MLB games from SCEA started being released by San Diego Studio under the MLB: The Show series in 2006.

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PS2	PSP
Metacritic	81/100[3]	80/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PS2	PSP
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6.83/10[5][a]	N/A
Game Informer	8.25/10[6]	8/10[7]
GameRevolution	B[8]	N/A
GameSpot	8.6/10[9]	8/10[10]
GameSpy	[11]	[12]
GameZone	8.9/10[13]	8.3/10[14]
IGN	8.7/10[15]	8/10[16]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[17]	[18]
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	6.5/10[19]	7.5/10[20]
X-Play	[21]	[22]
Maxim	[23]	N/A

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[3][4] GamePro said that the PlayStation 2 version "follows up last year's comeback player of the year with control tweaks and makes its formidable Franchise mode even better."^[24][b] Some websites gave the same console version favorable reviews while it was still in development.^[11][21]

Notes

1. Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 7/10, and the other gave it 6.5/10.
2. GamePro gave the PlayStation 2 version 4.5/5 for graphics, and three 4/5 scores for sound, control, and fun factor.